3kiks ForumBarcelona's midfield balance without a traditional destroyer is playing with fire
Watching the latest league matches, Barca's attacking combinations are poetry, but defensively we leave huge chasms behind the pivot. When we face elite counter-attacking sides in Europe, are Pedri and Gavi going to run themselves into the ground again just covering transitions? Can Flick sustain this without a natural defensive anchor?
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It'll cost them in the Champions League. La Liga sides don't punish it, the elite European teams absolutely will.
We've been saying this for 2 seasons. Beautiful going forward, a disaster waiting to happen against anyone who can counter. Need a proper destroyer.
Flick's system is always going to leave gaps, that's the trade-off. You either commit to the press and live with the risk or play safe. Can't have both.